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Changing the terms on term limits
Steve Brawner Comments May 05, 2013 1:00amIn 1992, Arkansas voters approved one of the country’s strictest legislative term limits laws: three two-year terms in the state House and two four-year terms in the Senate. Next November, they’ll...
Changing the world with facebook and a festival
Steve Brawner Comments May 02, 2013 1:00amIt’s a beautiful Saturday afternoon on the Capitol steps, and 20 political activists with the Free and Equal Foundation are holding a rally, standing behind a sign, and speaking into a bullhorn at...
There’s a hole in the bucket — and the overpass
Steve Brawner Comments Apr 28, 2013 1:00amRemember that old folk song, “There’s a Hole in the Bucket”?
In the song, “Henry” tells his “dear Liza” about a hole in their bucket, and no matter how she asks him to fix it, he always...
Reject the spirit of contempt
Steve Brawner Comments Apr 26, 2013 1:00amMy dad has told the story many times of the day that President Kennedy was shot. Dad was on his way to a college class when someone shared the news and one of his fellow students, not realizing...
Sen. Irvin’s long day
Steve Brawner Comments Apr 21, 2013 1:00amSen. Missy Irvin, R-Mountain View, shared a long embrace with her dad in the hallway outside the Senate chamber Wednesday night and then wiped her eyes.
Moments earlier, the Senate had...
Big deal for big steel
Steve Brawner Comments Apr 18, 2013 1:00amGrant Tennille was taking a break at the state Capitol Tuesday near the Rotunda. He was relaxed, which he had not always been these past 2.5 months. Hours earlier, he had watched the House of...
Ross announces for governor
Steve Brawner Comments Updated: Apr 17, 2013 12:55pmLITTLE ROCK — Former 4th District congressman and state senator Mike Ross officially entered the race for the Democratic nomination for governor Wednesday morning.
Ross has a state flyaround...
A baby step toward balance
Steve Brawner Comments Apr 14, 2013 1:00amYou have to walk before you can run, and before you can learn to walk, you have to take baby steps. Maybe that’s what just happened in Washington with President Obama’s budget proposal.
His...
Does the governor’s veto still matter?
Steve Brawner Comments Updated: Apr 10, 2013 7:04pmThe comic Robin Williams used to joke, not particularly accurately, that neither police officers nor criminals in England carried guns, so all the officer could say was, “Stop! Or I’ll say, ‘Stop...
Should we arm the educators?
Steve Brawner Comments Apr 07, 2013 12:00amSteve Anderson, superintendent of the Lake Hamilton School District, slid what looked like a business card across the table. It’s actually a commissioned security officer license. He also carries...
